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'But they're not my dishes!'

DEFINITION: A discussion among family members, or room mates, which often turns into a full-blown yelling match, and which seems to occur every night whenever it's time to do the dishes.

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Dishspute

Created by: Screamer

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Every night after dinner the family would erupt into a violent dishspute over the cleaning process

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

got my vote although I would have spelled it dishpute - FreeToys, 2007-09-06: 07:56:00

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Scullerysquabble

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: skuhl-uh-ree-skwob-uhl

Sentence: Tonight's scullerysquabble went on until 3 am at which time Ned ended up with a fork stuck in his butt cheek.

Etymology: scullery (a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen in which cooking utensils are cleaned and stored) + squabble (argue)

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Dishpandemic

Created by: FreeToys

Pronunciation: dish-pan-dem'-ick

Sentence: Once they were full, the importance of food was diminished and a dishpandemic broke out over who would clean up the mess.

Etymology: dishpan/pandemic

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COMMENTS:

petaj Earplugs are good for dishpandemonium. - petaj, 2007-09-06: 08:18:00

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Choregument

mattbear

Created by: mattbear

Pronunciation: Chore-gew-ment

Sentence: I mentioned it was Billy's turn to do the dishes, and suddenly we had a choregument on our hands.

Etymology: Chore + argument = choregument

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COMMENTS:

I like the change to any chore, not just dishes! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:48:00

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Chorefare

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: chore-fare

Sentence: It was with a sense of foreboding that Ma entered the kitchen. Her offspring were in siege chorefare. Kelly was wedged in the pantry while Bob and Miranda heckled and jeered, threatening her with chopsticks until she promised to empty the dishwasher.

Etymology: chore + fare (of the hearty type) + warfare

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COMMENTS:

I like it! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-06: 11:35:00

Great word with wider application. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-06: 18:11:00

Nice! Very Nice!! - skeeterzirra, 2007-09-06: 22:54:00

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Dishcord

Created by: Scrumpy

Pronunciation: dish-kawrd

Sentence: The family decided to buy a dishwasher after the dishcord following supper.

Etymology: Dish and cord from discord.

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Prodsomegastjuice

Created by: leomar

Pronunciation: prod-some-gast-juice

Sentence: hahaha!! prod=produce, some=more, gast=gastric, juice=acid hahahaha, learn more bout difective system, hehehe

Etymology: produce some grastric juice

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COMMENTS:

learn more bout difective system, hehehe digestive**** i mean - leomar, 2007-09-17: 09:35:00

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Scotchfite

Created by: faithlessphil

Pronunciation: skotch-fyte

Sentence: Jimmy always ate quickly, trying to leave the table before the inevitable scotchfite broke out.

Etymology: Scotch from "Scotchbrite" (popular brand of dishwashing scrub pads) + fite (fight)

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Dishpute

Created by: woofmaster

Pronunciation: dish-pyoot

Sentence: After our Thanksgiving dinner, there's usually a major dishpute.

Etymology: "dish" from "dish" "pute" from ... um. pute. you know.

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Dishdishing

Created by: elcomputo

Pronunciation: Accent on the second dish.

Sentence: With all the dishdishing going on, they completely missed the Super Bowl.

Etymology: From the Indian word for cholera.

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